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Archive of entries posted on February 2011

Tall people often feel very cramped in coach seats on the airplane because they don’t have enough leg room. Short folks like me, on the other hand, have a different problem altogether: Our feet don’t really touch the floor, making long flights especially uncomfortable. It’s hard to recline comfortably when your feet are dangling, and …

Last week, my husband and I went on the maiden voyage of the Disney Dream cruise ship to the Bahamas. It was just a four-day cruise out of Florida, but we had a wonderful (albeit short) vacation that reminded me that I really do enjoy these cruises. I always think I’ll wind up being bored, …

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Travelite.org is published and maintained by Lani Teshima. Started in 1996 as an outgrowth of a guide posted in the rec.travel.air Usenet newsgroup, the Travelite FAQ developed into its own Web site devoted to traveling lightly. After a lengthy hiatus in the mid-2000s, the site has been revived in a casual blog format to provide timely editorials and commentary as an addition to continued product reviews and light-travel tips.
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